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barebones

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Registered: 2006-04-30

Posts: 235

Pacman -Qm no longer working correctly [solved]

I can't get pacman -Qm to work right anymore, when I use it, it just displays pretty much every package I have, like so:

$ pacman -Qm
acl 2.2.39-1
alsa-lib 1.0.13-1
alsa-oss 1.0.12-1
alsa-utils 1.0.13-1
apache 2.2.4-2
apr 1.2.8-1
apr-util 1.2.8-2
aspell 0.60.5-1
asunder 0.1.0-2
aterm 1.0.0-2
atk 1.18.0-2
attr 2.4.32-2
audiofile 0.2.6-3
autoconf 2.61-1
automake 1.10-1
bash 3.2-1
bigreqsproto 1.0.2-1
bin86 0.16.17-1
binutils 2.17-2
bison 2.3-2
bzip2 1.0.4-1
cairo 1.4.2-1
cdparanoia 9.8-4
cdrdao 1.2.2-1
cdrkit 1.1.2-1
clisp 2.41-1
cmake 2.4.6-1
codecs 20061022-1
compositeproto 0.3.1-1
coreutils 6.9-1
cpio 2.7-2
cracklib 2.8.10-3
cups 1.2.10-1
curl 7.15.5-1
cvsup 16.1h-3
cyrus-sasl 2.1.22-3
cyrus-sasl-plugins 2.1.22-4
damageproto 1.1.0-1
db 4.5.20-1
dbus 1.0.2-4
dbus-glib 0.73-1
dcron 3.2-1
desktop-file-utils 0.12-1
dhcpcd 1.3.22pl4-4
dialog 1.0_20060221-1
diffutils 2.8.1-2
divx4linux 6.1.1-1
dmxproto 2.2.2-1
docbook-xml 4.1.2-2
docbook-xsl 1.71.1-2
doom3 1.3.1302-4
dosfstools 2.11-1
e2fsprogs 1.39-2
ed 0.4-1
enchant 1.3.0-1
esd 0.2.37-2
expat 2.0.0-1
faad2 2.5-2
fakeroot 1.5.10-1
fam 2.7.0-9
fbset 2.1-1
file 4.20-1
filesystem 0.8-1
findutils 4.2.30-1
fixesproto 4.0-2
flac 1.1.4-1
flex 2.5.33-1
fontcacheproto 0.1.2-1
fontconfig 2.4.2-1
fontsproto 2.0.2-1
freetype1 1.3.1-3
freetype2 2.3.1-1
fribidi 0.10.7-1
gawk 3.1.5-3
gc 6.8-1
gcc 4.1.2-3
gd 2.0.34-1
gdb 6.6-1
gdbm 1.8.3-3
gen-init-cpio 2.6.17-1
gettext 0.16.1-1
gftp 2.0.18-2
ghostscript 8.15.4-1
gimp 2.2.13-3
glib 1.2.10-6
glib2 2.12.11-1
glibc 2.5-6
glproto 1.4.8-1
gmp 4.2.1-1
gnome-icon-theme 2.18.0-1
gnutls 1.6.1-1
gpm 1.20.1-6
gpodder 0.8.0-1
grep 2.5.1a-2
groff 1.19.2-1
grub 0.97-7
gsfonts 8.11-4
gtk 1.2.10-7
gtk-engines 2.10.0-1
gtk2 2.10.11-2
gtkspell 2.0.11-2
gutenprint 5.0.0-2
gvim 7.0.219-1
gzip 1.3.9-1
heimdal 0.7.2-6
hicolor-icon-theme 0.10-1
icon-naming-utils 0.8.2-1
imagemagick 6.3.2.8-1
imlib2 1.2.2-1
initscripts 0.8-6
inputproto 1.4-1
intltool 0.35.5-1
iptables 1.3.7-2
iputils 021109-5
kbd 1.12-6
kbproto 1.0.3-1
kernel-headers 2.6.20-1
kernel26 2.6.20.4-1
kernel26emission 2.6.17.emission8-1
klibc 1.5-1
klibc-extras 2.2-2
klibc-udev 107-2
lame 3.97-1
latexmk 307a-1
lcms 1.16-1
less 394-1
lesstif 0.95.0-2
libao 0.8.6-2
libarchive 1.3.1-2
libart-lgpl 2.3.19-1
libcap 1.10-2
libcroco 0.6.1-1
libcups 1.2.10-1
libdmx 1.0.2-1
libdownload 1.1-1
libdrm 2.3.0-1
libelf 0.8.6-1
libevent 1.1a-2
libexif 0.6.13-1
libfontenc 1.0.3-1
libgcrypt 1.2.4-1
libglade 2.6.0-1
libgnomecanvas 2.14.0-1
libgnomecups 0.2.2-4
libgnomeprint 2.18.0-1
libgnomeprintui 2.18.0-1
libgpg-error 1.5-1
libgsf 1.14.3-2
libice 1.0.2-1
libid3tag 0.15.1b-2
libidl2 0.8.8-1
libjpeg 6b-4
liblbxutil 1.0.1-1
libldap 2.3.33-3
libmad 0.15.1b-2
libmng 1.0.9-1
libmp4v2 1.5.0.1-1
libmysqlclient 5.0.37-1
libogg 1.1.3-1
libpcap 0.9.5-1
libpng 1.2.16-1
librsvg 2.16.1-1
libsasl 2.1.22-3
libsm 1.0.2-1
libsndfile 1.0.17-1
libstdc++5 3.3.6-1
libtasn1 0.3.9-1
libtheora 1.0alpha7-1
libtiff 3.8.2-3
libtool 1.5.22-1
libungif 4.1.4-1
libusb 0.1.12-1
libvorbis 1.1.2-1
libwmf 0.2.8.4-4
libx11 1.1.1-3
libxau 1.0.2-1
libxaw 1.0.3-1
libxcb 1.0-2
libxcomposite 0.3.1-1
libxcursor 1.1.8-1
libxdamage 1.1-1
libxdmcp 1.0.2-1
libxext 1.0.3-1
libxfixes 4.0.3-1
libxfont 1.2.7-1
libxfontcache 1.0.3-1
libxft 2.1.11-2
libxi 1.1.0-1
libxinerama 1.0.0-1
libxkbfile 1.0.4-1
libxkbui 1.0.2-1
libxml2 2.6.27-2
libxmu 1.0.3-1
libxp 1.0.0-1
libxpm 3.5.6-1
libxrandr 1.2.1-1
libxrender 0.9.2-1
libxres 1.0.2-1
libxslt 1.1.20-2
libxss 1.1.1-1
libxt 1.0.5-1
libxtrap 1.0.0-1
libxtst 1.0.1-1
libxv 1.0.2-1
libxvmc 1.0.3-1
libxxf86dga 1.0.1-1
libxxf86misc 1.0.1-1
libxxf86vm 1.0.1-1
licenses 1.0.1-1
linkage-svn 118-1
logrotate 3.7.1-3
lshwd 1.1.3-5
lzo2 2.02-1
m4 1.4.8-1
mailx 8.1.1-3
make 3.81-1
man 1.6e-1
man-pages 2.43-1
mcpp 2.6-1
mdadm 2.6.1-1
mesa 6.5.2-1
mkinitcpio 0.5.13-1
mktemp 1.5-1
module-init-tools 3.2.2-3
mozilla-common 1.1-1
mpg321 0.2.10-2
ncurses 5.6-1
net-tools 1.60-10
nspr 4.6.6-1
nss 3.11.5-1
ntp 4.2.4-2
nvidia-emission 1.0.9629-1
opencdk 0.5.13-1
openldap 2.3.33-2
openslp 1.2.1-1
openssh 4.6p1-1
openssl 0.9.8e-1
pallavi-svn 94-1
pam 0.81-4
pango 1.16.1-2
parted 1.8.6-1
patch 2.5.4-2
pciutils 2.2.4-2
pcmciautils 014-1
pcre 7.0-1
perl 5.8.8-5
perl-xml-simple 2.16-1
perlxml 2.34-4
pida 0.4.4-2
pkgconfig 0.21-1
popt 1.7-3
portmap 5beta-9
postgresql-libs 8.2.3-1
printproto 1.0.3-1
procinfo 18-3
procps 3.2.7-1
psmisc 22.3-1
pycairo 1.2.2-2
pygobject 2.12.3-2
pygtk 2.10.4-1
python 2.5-4
python-numeric 24.2-2
randrproto 1.2.1-1
rapidsvn 0.9.4-1
rb_libtorrent 0.11-1
readline 5.2-1
recordproto 1.13.2-1
reiserfsprogs 3.6.20-1
renderproto 0.9.2-1
ruby 1.8.5_p12-2
scrnsaverproto 1.1.0-1
scrollkeeper 0.3.14-5
sdl 1.2.11-1
sed 4.1.5-1
shadow 4.0.18.1-3
slocate 3.1-2
smbclient 3.0.24-2
soundmixer 0.1-1
startup-notification 0.9-1
sudo 1.6.8-10
swiftfox-amd 2.0.0.3-1
sysfsutils 2.1.0-1
syslog-ng 2.0.0-2
sysvinit 2.86-2
tar 1.16.1-1
tcl 8.4.14-1
tcp_wrappers 7.6-6
tk 8.4.14-1
transmission-svn 1516-1
trapproto 3.4.3-1
trash 0.2-1
ttf-bitstream-vera 1.10-5
udev 107-3
unrar 3.7.3-1
unzip 5.52-2
usbutils 0.72-1
util-linux 2.12-10
videoproto 2.2.2-1
vim 7.0.219-1
vorbis-tools 1.1.1-3
weatherget 0.2-2
wget 1.10.2-2
which 2.16-1
wmctrl 1.07-1
xcb-proto 1.0-1
xcursor-themes 1.0.1-1
xdg-utils 1.0.1-1
xextproto 7.0.2-1
xf86-input-keyboard 1.1.0-1
xf86-input-mouse 1.1.1-1
xf86-video-vesa 1.2.1-2
xf86dgaproto 2.0.2-1
xf86miscproto 0.9.2-1
xf86vidmodeproto 2.2.2-1
xine-lib 1.1.4-2
xineramaproto 1.1.2-1
xkeyboard-config 0.9-1
xorg 11R7.0-1
xorg-font-utils 1.0.3-1
xorg-fonts-alias 1.0.1-1
xorg-fonts-encodings 1.0.2-1
xorg-fonts-misc 1.0.0-3
xorg-server 1.2.0-3
xorg-server-utils 1.0.3-2
xorg-utils 1.0.2-1
xorg-xauth 1.0.1-1
xorg-xinit 1.0.3-1
xorg-xkb-utils 1.0.2-1
xorg-xsm 1.0.1-2
xproto 7.0.9-2
xterm 223-1
xvidcore 1.1.2-1
zip 2.32-1
zlib 1.2.3-1

I know for a fact that all of these packages aren't foreign. Any Ideas why this is acting like this?

Edit: I suppose I should mention that It worked fine last week. I can't remember if I've used it since I upgraded to pacman 3 from testing, but I have used it with pacman 3 ( I was using the rc before it went to testing).

Last edited by barebones (2007-04-03 18:43:51)

barebones

Member

Registered: 2006-04-30

Posts: 235

Re: Pacman -Qm no longer working correctly [solved]

For future reference, I got this fixed. I was looking around in /var/lib/pacman and I realized that the current folder was empty. Why this happened I do not know. I used pacman to reinstall a package from current (I used bash) and when it was installed, the current directory was regenerated.